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Health Matters: B.C. opioid rules cut cancer patients’ pain meds, study says
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A new study says rule changes designed to reduce opioid overdose deaths in British Columbia in 2016, inadvertently harmed cancer and palliative-care patients by reducing their access to pain killers. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Wednesday May 14, 2026.
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Health Matters: B.C. opioid rules cut cancer patients’ pain meds, study says02:20 | 6 hours ago
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Health Matters: B.C. opioid rules cut cancer patients’ pain meds, study says02:20 | 6 hours ago
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Health Matters: B.C. opioid rules cut cancer patients’ pain meds, study says
Description
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A new study says rule changes designed to reduce opioid overdose deaths in British Columbia in 2016, inadvertently harmed cancer and palliative-care patients by reducing their access to pain killers. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Wednesday May 14, 2026.
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